Bundle clearing chute



May 14, 1940. v REE-DER BUNDLE CLEARING CHUTE Filed Dec. 15, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Invenior ZZzm/ B e e dew A itorneys May 14, .1940.

E. REEDER 2,201,054

In venior Zak/3664236? A iiorneys Patented May 14, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates broadly to attachments for corn binder machines and more particularly to a chute for attachment to such a machine for the purpose of depositing the bundles of corn away from the machine and well beyond. the path of the tractor or other draft vehicle provided for the corn binder machine, to the end that on the succeeding round or return trip of the machine the bundles of corn will not be passed over by the tractor and consequently broken, damaged and filled with dirt as is now generally the case. Obviously such broken, damaged and dirtiilled corn bundles are objectionable as being harder to handle and being of poor quality as ensilage or feed.

An object of the invention is to provide a chute of the character and for the purpose mentioned that can be easily and cheaply fabricated, can be used over a period of years, and will otherwise meet all the requirements of a cor binder attachment of this character.

The invention together with its objects and advantages will be best understood from a study of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure l is a top plan View illustrating the application of the invention.

Figure 2 is a rear elevational view of the chute.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary plan view of the chute, and

Figures l, 5 and 6 are detail sectional views taken substantially on the lines 4-4, 5--5, and 6-43, respectively, of Figure 1.

Referring more in detail to the drawings it will be seen that the chute is indicated generally by the reference numeral 5. The chute 5 may be formed fro a single blank of metal or other suitable material cut, shaped and dimensioned to provide a bottom 6 having extending along one side thereof, from the inlet end 1 thereof to the outlet end 8 thereof a perpendicular wall 9 that gradually increases in height from approximately the outlet end 6 of the chute to a point short of the inlet end I, and at which point it merges into a wall H! of uniform height and at the inlet end i projects beyond said end 1 as at H to guide the bundles onto the chute 5 at the end I as said bundles are kicked out into the chute through the medium of the usual kickers S2 with which the corn binder, as is conventional, is pro vided.

At the discharge end 8 thereof the rear wall 9 is extended beyond the end B of the chute as at l3 as and for a purpose hereinafter made manifest.

At the forward longitudinal edge thereof the chute 5 also has rising from the bottom 6 of the chute, and at an angle to the perpendicular a relatively shallow wall M that extends from the end 1 to the end 8 of the chute. 5

The wall Ill serves as an end wall for the chute.

In actual practice the chute 5 fits under the pan in the binder chute of the binder machine and extends across the rear of the binder machine,

as shown in Figure 1, the chute being supported 10 at an incline to the horizontal, and to slope from the end 7 thereof to the end 8 thereof through the medium of bracket bars l6 and I1, equipped at one end, as shown in Figure 2, with flanges, through the medium of which and bolts l8 1. said bracket bars 16 and I! are secured to a frame part IQ of the corn binder, only a portion of which is shown, and as believed necessary for a proper understanding of the invention.

From the above it is believed to be apparent 20 that in actual practice the bundles of corn are kicked onto the chute 5 through the medium of the conventional kickers I2. As the bundles of corn are so kicked out into the chute the bundles fall into the chute with the butts of the cdrn- 25 stalks resting upon the bottom 6 of the chute and the tips of the stalks resting upon the ground. The forward progress of the binder machine, in conjunction with the wall extension l3 and the general shape of the chute, causes the bundled 30 corn to fall to the left side of the machine and clear of the path of the tractor or other draft vehicle provided for the machine so that the trac tor and binder machine will not ride over the bundles on the succeeding round or return trip 35 of the machine. Obviously the object of so depositing the bundles so that the draft vehicle of the binder will not run over and crush the bundies on the return trip is to insure against the damaging of the corn and the filling of the same 40 with dirt as thus results where, upon the return trip thereof, the draft vehicle and binder machine run over the bundles.

As best shown in Figure 6 the wall 9 withits extension l3 has the inclined edge thereof pro- 45 vided with an integral flange 20 so as to provide a substantially rolled edge for the wall 9 and extension l3 and thereby further insure against damage resulting to the bundles from contact of the wall 9 and extension l3 thereof with thebundies as the bundles pass over the bottom of the chute and the extension 13 comes in contact with the bundles for causingthe latter to fall flat onto the ground during the forwardprogress of the binder.

It is thought that a clear understanding of the construction, utility, operation and advantages of an invention of this character will be had without a more detailed description.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

A bundle clearing chute for a corn binder, said chute comprising a bottom, an end Wall rising from one end of the bottom, the other end of the chute being open, a front side wall and a rear side wall rising from the bottom. the end wall and said front side wall being spaced apart to form an inlet opening at the front side of the chute adjacent the closed end. brackets for com necting the chute to the rear end of a corn rear side wall being of considerable height where it joins the end wall for receiving upper portions jecting beyond the open end of the chute to cot operate with the forward movement of the machine and engagement of the top of a bundle with the ground to turn the bundle as it falls upon the ground with the butt toward the direction of travel of the machine and the bundles out of the return path of the machine, said front side wall sloping upwardly and forwardly and of short height.

EARL REEDER. 

